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Considering the small amount of digging that was done, the ' finds 

 were exceedingly numerous, and the one small trench through this moun d 

 yielded more objects than were found in many of the largest Glastonbury 

 dwellings. There were few spadefuls of earth that did not contain some- 

 thing of archseological value. Fragments of pottery and bones of animals 

 alone filled several wheelbarrows. Considerably over one hundred rims 

 of distinct pots and thirty pieces of pottery, ornamented with different 

 designs, were found. Amongst the other objects of interest were the 

 following : — 



Amber. (A.) 



1. Small red amber bead, showing considerable signs of wear; ext. diam. 12'5 mm. ; 

 diam. of hole 4-5 mm. ; section oval. Only five amber beads and parts of beads were 

 found in the Glastonbury Lake Village. 



Bone Objects. (B.) 



1. Distal end of a tibia of ox, cut off at right angles to the shaft at 82 mm, from 

 the end 



2. Two pieces of rib-bone with knife-marks. 



4. Bobbin consisting of a ruetataisus of sheep or goat, with condyle trimmed off 

 at the distal end ; at the proximal end there is the usual double perforation — at end 

 and side. The wool, or other fabric, was drawn off these bobbins as required for the 

 weft, passing through the holes to prevent the unrolling of the wound-on thread. 

 iSeveral dozens of these objects were found in the Glastonbury Village. 



5. Pin showing considerable signs of wear ; length 89 mm. It tapers from a 

 mas. diam. of 7 mm. at one end to the point at the other end, and has no 

 perforation. 



6. The greater part of a skewer made from part of the shaft of a tibia of a 

 sheep (?J These objects were found commonly in the Glastonbury Village. 



7. Metatarsus of sheep, highly polished ; smooth transverse parallel grooves are 

 observable in several places. 



10 Part of a bobbin, polished, of precisely the same type as B 4 described above. 

 13. Two pieces of animal bone showing teeth-marks. 



3. Shoulder-blade (scapula) of horse or ox, considerably worked and ornamented, 

 and perhaps used as a shovel. At the articular end is a hole for suspension. The 

 projecting anterior spine has been cut away ; also the small coracoid process. 

 The Hatter lace is ornamented by a line of large representations of the dot-and-circle 

 pattern following the margin of the object, with an arm of the same pattern pro- 

 jecting inwards from each of the four sides. The circular grooves are large, measuring 

 9 mm. in diam., and they were evidently described by a pair of compasses, the dot 

 representing the position of the stationary leg. Objects of this character were not 

 identified at the Gla^tonbury Village. In the flint workings at Cissbury five scapula 

 were found, ihree of whicli had the spines cut away. They were regarded as shovels ; 

 one has been figured.' 



8. 9, 11, 12, and 14-18. Fragments of nine worked scapulas, similar to B 3, but 

 unornamented, four of which are perforated at the articular end. The spine in some 

 cases is not completely cut down. Some of the specimens are much polished. 



Baked Clay other than Pottery, (D.) 



1. Triangular loom-weight of the usual Late Celtic type, with holes for suspen- 

 sion across two of the corners. 



2. Grooved piece of baked clay of semicircular section. The groove has evidently 

 been subjected to intense heat, and the object may form part of a mould for metal 

 work. 



3. Piece of wattle-marked clay. 



4. Two pieces of a triangular loom-weight. 

 Five fusiform sling-bullets. 



' Archaologia, xlv, p 315. See also the Report ou ' Avebury,' p. 40(3 svj'ra. 



